Protocol for a usability and pilot implementation study of a digital medical device to assess pain in non-verbal people with dementia in Portuguese residential care facilities.

Abstract

People living with moderate to severe dementia (PLWD) are often unable to self-report pain. This matter is of particular concern given that up to 80% experience chronic pain. Mistreated or untreated pain in PLWD is associated with symptoms such as agitation and aggression, and unnecessary use of antipsychotic agents. Further, it can also engender mental burden in formal caregivers. The PainChek Usability evaluation of the PainChek The usability and implementation studies have received ethics app